Faculty

As of September 9, 2007

Charlotte Abramson, Adjunct Lecturer of Jewish Education. BJEd, Boston Hebrew College; BS, Columbia University; MA, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Cila Allon, Adjunct Lecturer of Hebrew Language. BA, Hebrew University

Mordecai Arad, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Hebrew University; MA, Drake University; PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Audrey Axinn, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music. BM, Manhattan School of Music; post-graduate diploma, Curtis Institute of Music; MM, Juilliard School of Music

Ofra Backenroth, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BA, Tel Aviv University; MFA, Teachers College, Columbia University; EdD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Steven Bayme, Adjunct Associate Professor of Jewish History. BA, MA, PhD, Columbia University

Tamar Ben-Vered, Adjunct Instructor of Hebrew Language. Teaching certificate, Lewinsky Teachers Seminary; BA, Hebrew University; MA, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Idit Benmor-Piltch, Adjunct Instructor of Hebrew Language. BA, Haifa University; MA, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Beth Berkowitz, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University; MA, University of Chicago Divinity School

Debra Reed Blank, Rabbi Philip R. Alstat Assistant Professor of Jewish Liturgy. BA, Indiana University; MS, Columbia University; MA, PhD, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Alfredo Borodowski, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish Philosophy. JD, University of Buenos Aires; Rabbi, Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano; MA, PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Joseph A. Brodie, Instructor of Professional Skills. BS, Columbia University; BRE, MHL, Rabbi, DD (hon.), The Jewish Theological Seminary

Steven M. Brown, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BA, Columbia University; BHL, The Jewish Theological Seminary; MA, EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University; MHL, Rabbi, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

Joel Caplan, Adjunct Instructor of Hazzanut. BS, Upsala College; BSM, Diploma of Hazzan, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Michael Chernick, Adjunct Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Yeshiva College; MA, PhD, Bernard Revel Graduate School; Rabbi, R. Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

Susan Chevlowe, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish Art and Visual Culture. AB, Vassar College; MA, MPhil, City University of New York; PhD, City University of New York

Ayelet Cohen, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional Skills. BA, Brown University; Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Evelyn Cohen, Internship Supervisor for Jewish Art and Visual Culture. BA, Brooklyn College; MA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University

Gerald Cohen, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music. BA, Yale University; MA, DMA, Columbia University

Miles Cohen, Senior Lecturer of Professional Skills. BA, University of Minnesota; MA, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Alan M. Cooper, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BA, Columbia College; PhD, Yale University

Neil Danzig, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics and Geonic Literature. BA, MA, Rabbi, PhD, Yeshiva University

Aryeh Davidson, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BA, Columbia University; BHL, The Jewish Theological Seminary; MA, PhD, Columbia University

Charles Davidson, Nathan Cummings Professor of Liturgy and Hazzanut. BA, University of Pittsburgh; Diploma of Hazzan, MSM, DSM, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Eliezer B. Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, MS, Rabbi, Yeshiva University; PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Arnold M. Eisen, Professor of Jewish Philosophy. BA, University of Pennsylvania; BPhil, Oxford University; PhD, Hebrew University

Tamar El-Or, Adjunct Associate Professor of Jewish History. BA, MA, Tel Aviv University; PhD, Bar Ilan University

Shira D. Epstein, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BA, Brown University; MA, New York University; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University

Edward Feld, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, Brooklyn College; MHL, Rabbi, DD (hon.), The Jewish Theological Seminary

Patricia Fenton, Adjunct Lecturer of Talmud and Rabbinics. BS, University of California at Berkeley; MA, University of Judaism; Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Perry Fine, Adjunct Instructor of Hazzanut. BS, Towson State University; MA, University of Michigan; MSM, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Eitan Fishbane, Assistant Professor of Jewish Philosophy. BA, PhD, Brandeis University

David Fishman, Professor of Jewish History. BA, Yeshiva University; AM, PhD, Harvard University

Israel Francus, Judge Abraham Lieberman Distinguished Service Professor of Talmudic Exegesis. BS, Columbia University; BRE, MHL, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University; PhD, Hebrew University

Shamma Friedman, Distinguished Service Professor and Benjamin and Minna Reeves Chair of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, University of Pennsylvania; BHL, Gratz College; MHL, Rabbi, PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Yael Friedman, Adjunct Lecturer of Hebrew Language. BS, The Hebrew University; MA, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Benjamin R. Gampel, Dina and Eli Field Family Chair in Jewish History. BA, Brooklyn College; PhD, Columbia University

Stephen P. Garfinkel, Assistant Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, Columbia University; MA, Rabbi, DHL (hon.), The Jewish Theological Seminary; PhD, Columbia University

Lisa Gelber, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills. AB, Amherst College; BLit, University of Judaism; MA, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Stephen A. Geller, Irma Cameron Milstein Chair in Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BA, Cornell University; MHL, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary; PhD, Harvard University

Neil Gillman, Aaron Rabinowitz and Simon H. Rifkind Professor of Jewish Philosophy. BA, McGill University; MHL, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary; PhD, Columbia University

Laura Gold, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, Princeton University; PhD, University of Michigan; Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Michael B. Greenbaum, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BS, University of Miami; MHL, Rabbi, DHL (hon.), The Jewish Theological Seminary; MEd, EdD, Columbia University

Robert A. Harris, Associate Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BA, Columbia University; BHL, MA, Rabbi, PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Barnard College; BHL, MA, PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Shai Held, Adjunct Lecturer of Jewish Philosophy. BA, Harvard College; MA, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Walter Herzberg, Assistant Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, and Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, MA, Yeshiva University; MS, Columbia University; PhD, New York University

David Hoffman, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, Columbia University; BA, MA, Rabbi, MPhil, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Jeffrey Hoffman, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish Literature. BA, State University of New York at Albany; MA, Rabbi, DHL, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Barry Holtz, Professor of Jewish Education. BA, Tufts University; MA, PhD, Brandeis University

Ada P. Hyman, Adjunct Instructor of Music. Diploma, Post-Graduate Diploma, Juilliard School of Music

Carol K. Ingall, Dr. Bernard Heller Professor of Jewish Education. BA, Barnard College; BHL, The Jewish Theological Seminary; MAT, University of Chicago; MLS, University of Rhode Island; EdD, Boston University

Naomi Prawer Kadar, Adjunct Instructor of Jewish Literature. BA, City College of New York; MA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University

Amy Kalmanofsky, Assistant Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BA, Wesleyan University; MHL, Rabbi, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College; MPhil, PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Jeremy Kalmanofsky, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, Cornell University; Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary 

Richard L. Kalmin, Theodore R. Racoosin Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Brown University; MA, PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Barry Dov Katz, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Sharon Keller, Assistant Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BA, MA, PhD, New York University; MA, The Jewish Theological Seminary; MSW, Columbia University

Irit Koren, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish History. MA, Hebrew University; BA, PhD, Bar Ilan University

Maud Kozodoy, Assistant Professor of Jewish Literature. BA, Princeton University; MA, MPhil, PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

David C. Kraemer, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Brandeis University; MA, PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Jeffrey S. Kress, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MS, PhD, Rutgers University

Nitza Krohn, Senior Lecturer of Hebrew Language. Teacher's Diploma, BA, Tel Aviv University; MA, Queens College

Jenny Labendz, Adjunct Lecturer of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Barnard College; BA, MA, The Jewish Theological Seminary; MA, Hebrew University

Marjorie Lehman, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Wellesley College; MA, PhD, Columbia University

Anne Lapidus Lerner, Assistant Professor of Jewish Literature. BJEd, MHL, Hebrew College; AB, Radcliffe; AM, PhD, Harvard University

Leonard S. Levin, Assistant Professor of Jewish Philosophy. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MPhil, The Jewish Theological Seminary; PhD, Brandeis University; PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Neil W. Levin, Assistant Professor of Jewish Music. BA, MA, Columbia University; Piano, Juilliard School of Music; DSM, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Michelle Lynn-Sachs, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. AB, Brown University; MAJE, Rhea Hirsch School of Education, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion; PhD, New York University

Barbara Mann, Associate Professor of Jewish Literature. BA, Boston University; MA, New York University; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Vivian B. Mann, Adjunct Professor of Art History. BA, University of Washington; MA, Wichita State University; PhD, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

David Marcus, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BA, Trinity College, Dublin; MA, Cambridge University; PhD, Columbia University

Evyatar Marienberg, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Institut Catholique de Paris; MA, Ecole Pratique des Etudes en Sorbonne; PhD, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris

Jacob Mendelson, Adjunct Instructor of Hazzanut. BA, Hebrew Union College; MusD, Hebrew Union College

Rachel Mikva, Adjunct Instructor of Midrash. BA, Stanford University; MA, Rabbi, Hebrew Union College; MPhil, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Jonathan Milgram, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, The Jewish Theological Seminary; BA, Columbia University; MA, Rabbi, Yeshiva University; MA, PhD, Bar Ilan University

Deborah Miller, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BA, Barnard College; MA, EdD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Alan Mintz, Chana Kekst Professor of Jewish Literature. BA, MA, PhD, Columbia University

Alan Mittleman, Professor of Philosophy. BA, Brandeis University; MA, PhD, Temple University

Edna Nahshon, Associate Professor of Hebrew Language. BA, Tel Aviv University; PhD, New York University

Einat Natan-Schwed, Adjunct Lecturer of Hebrew Language. BA, Tel Aviv University; MA, Bar Ilan University

Nina Nesher, Adjunct Instructor of Hebrew Language. BA, Barnard College; MA, MPhil, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Daniel Nevins, Senior Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, Harvard University; MA, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Bruce E. Nielsen, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ancient Judaism. BA, Midland Lutheran College; MDiv, Union Theological Seminary; MA, PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Adina Ofek, Associate Professor of Jewish Education. BA, Hebrew University; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University; DHL, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Sarah Pelee, Lecturer of Hebrew Language. BA, Tel Aviv University; MS, Northeastern University

Michael Pitkowsky, Adjunct Lecturer of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, SUNY Binghamton; MA, Rabbi, The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies

Anne Polland, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish History. BA, University of Wisconsin, Madison; MA, PhD, Columbia University

Allon Pratt, Lecturer of Hebrew Language. BA, MFA, Tel Aviv University; Teacher's Diploma, Kay College

Mayer E. Rabinowitz, Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, BHL, MA, Yeshiva University; MHL, Rabbi, PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Nina Redl, Adjunct Instructor of Jewish Philosophy. BA, MA, Munich University; MA, MPhil, The Jewish Theological Seminary 

JoAnn Rice, Adjunct Instructor of Music. BM, University of Tulsa; SMM, Union Theological Seminary; Diploma of Hazzan, MSM, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Benjamin Richman, Adjunct Lecturer of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, University of Arizona; MA, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Michael Rosenberg, Adjunct Lecturer of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Harvard University; MA, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Henry Rosenblum, Assistant Professor of Hazzanut. BA, Brooklyn College; BSM, Diploma of Hazzan, DSM (hon.), The Jewish Theological Seminary

David G. Roskies, Sol and Evelyn Henkind Chair in Yiddish Literature, Professor of Jewish Literature. BA, MA, PhD, Brandeis University

Joel Roth, Louis Finkelstein Professor of Talmud and Jewish Law. AB, Wayne State University; MHL, Rabbi, PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Evie Rotstein, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BA, SUNY Binghamton; MA, SUNY Albany; EdD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Jay Rovner, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, The Jewish Theological Seminary; BA, MA, Columbia University; MA, University of Minnesota; MA, PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Zipora (Tsipi) Rubin, Adjunct Lecturer of Hebrew Language. BA, Tel Aviv University; MA, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Ilana Sasson, Adjunct Instructor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BS, MS, Hebrew University; MPhil, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Charles Savenor, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional Skills. BA, Brandeis University; MA, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Craig Scheff, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional Skills. BA, Harvard University; JD, Boston University; MA, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Raymond P. Scheindlin, Professor of Jewish Literature. BA, University of Pennsylvania; Teachers Certificate, Gratz College; MHL, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary; PhD, Columbia University

Menahem Schmelzer, Albert B. and Bernice Cohen Professor Emeritus of Medieval Jewish Literature. University of Budapest; The Jewish Theological Seminary of Hungary; MA, Copenhagen University; Library Diploma, State Library School, Denmark; DHL, The Jewish Theological Seminary; DHL (hon.), Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

Ismar Schorsch, Rabbi Herman Abramovitz Professor of Jewish History and Chancellor Emeritus. BA, Ursinus College; MA, PhD, Columbia University; MHL, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary; LittD (hon), Wittenberg University; LHD (hon.) Ursinus College; Honorary Doctorate, Russian State University for the Humanities; Honorary Doctorate, Tufts University

Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Adjunct Lecturer of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, University of Nebraska; MA, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Seth Schwartz, Professor of Jewish History, Gerson D. Cohen Chair in Rabbinic Culture. BA, Yeshiva University; MA, PhD, Columbia University

Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Irving Lehrman Research Associate Professor of American Jewish History. BA, Barnard College; MA, PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Laurence Sebert, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional Skills. BA, University of Missouri, Kansas City; MA, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Harvey Shapiro, Adjunct Associate Professor of Jewish Education. BA, University of Minnesota; MS, University of Southern California; MA, PhD, Hebrew Union College

Rebecca Shargel, Adjunct Instructor of Jewish Education. BA, Brandeis University; MA, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Shlomit Shraybom-Shivtiel, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Hebrew Language. MA, Bar Ilan University; BA, PhD, Tel Aviv University

Jeffery Silberman, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, University of Dayton; MA, Rabbi, Hebrew Union College; DMin, Andover Newton Theological School

Alex Sinclair, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BA, MSt, Balliol College Oxford; PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Gerald Skolnik, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional Skills. BA, Yeshiva University; MA, New York University; MA, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Elisheva Sperber, Adjunct Lecturer of Midrash. BS, MS, Technion (Haifa, Israel); MSM, Hazzan, The Jewish Theological Seminary

S. David Sperling, Adjunct Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BA, Brooklyn College; Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary; PhD, Columbia University

Mychal B. Springer, Helen Fried Kirshblum Goldstein Adjunct Lecturer in Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, Yale University; MA, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Devora Steinmetz, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Barnard College; MA, Fordham University; PhD, Columbia University

Boaz Tarsi, Associate Professor of Music and Hazzanut. BM, Rubin Academy of Music; MFA, DMA, Cornell University; BSM, Diploma of Hazzan, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Judith B. Tischler, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music. BA, MA, City College, CUNY; DSM, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Gordon Tucker, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish Philosophy. BA, Harvard University; MA, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary; PhD, Princeton University

Jan Uhrbach, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, Yale University; JD, Harvard University; Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Burton Visotzky, Nathan and Janet Appleman Associate Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies. BA, University of Illinois; EdM, Harvard University; MA, Rabbi, PhD, DHL (hon), The Jewish Theological Seminary; Life Member, Clare Hill, University of Cambridge

Shoshana Wagner, Adjunct Lecturer of Hebrew Language. BA, Hebrew University

Simkha Y. Weintraub, Adjunct Lecturer of Pastoral Skills. BA, Brandeis University; MS, Columbia University School of Social Work; MA, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Jack Wertheimer, Joseph and Martha Mendelson Professor of American Jewish History. BA, MA, Queens College; PhD, Columbia University

Azzan Yadin, Adjunct Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Hebrew University; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Gerald Zelizer, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional Skills. BA, Capital University; MA, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary